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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 828 · 40 questions
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Engineer's tip (Ask, imagine, plan, create, test, improve): Ask (problem, users, limits) → Imagine (many ideas) → Plan (diagram, materials). Create (build a prototype) → Test (measure) → Improve (fix and retest). It is a loop: after Improve, test again.

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  1. 1.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make a prototype (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) measure its performance
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  11. 11.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  17. 17.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) only for big jobs
  18. 18.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  23. 23.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  25. 25.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  29. 29.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: to build the model is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) pick the build order (d) follow the plan to build
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) list the materials (c) ask who will use it (d) fix the weak part
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) fix the weak part (c) define the problem (d) pick the build order
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  40. 40.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. Plan
  3. Imagine
  4. Ask
  5. Improve
  6. brainstorm many ideas
  7. Improve
  8. Improve
  9. Test
  10. Ask
  11. True
  12. True
  13. Test
  14. Imagine
  15. Ask
  16. Imagine
  17. no, it repeats
  18. False
  19. Ask
  20. Create
  21. Improve
  22. Ask
  23. False
  24. Plan
  25. True
  26. Create
  27. Create
  28. Plan
  29. True
  30. False
  31. Imagine
  32. Ask
  33. Imagine
  34. try it out
  35. Plan
  36. list the materials
  37. fix the weak part
  38. Plan
  39. Create
  40. True

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